Floods triggered by torrential rainfall wreaked havoc in Jhapa this year.

More than 12,000 people from around 3,500 households have been displaced this year due to floods.

The Kankai Mai and Mechi rivers crossed the danger level on Saturday and Sunday.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the water level in the Kankai river had reached 5.61 meters.

Kankai river’s alert level is 3.8 meters and the danger level is 4.3 meters.

Lokraj Dhakal, President of Nepal Red Cross Society Jhapa, said that the water level of Kankai river had reached 5.4 meters in 2017, and this year it has exceeded that level, causing a huge damage.

Similarly, the water level of the Mechi river had reached 114.84 meters.

The alert level of the Mechi river is 113.8 meters and the danger level is 114.3 meters.

Hundreds of houses have been submerged as the floodwaters of the Kankai Mai gushed into the settlements.

More than 6,000 people from around 1,500 households in wards 1, 2 and 7 of Jhapa Rural Municipality have been displaced. They have been relocated to safer places.

DSP Khagendra Bahadur Khadka of the District Police Office, Jhapa, said that a person has been found dead so far.